Drain cock wrench



Nov. 29, 1938.

E J. BROUHARD 2,138,725

DRAIN COCK WRENCH Filed NOV. 3, 1936 Patented Nov. 29, 1938 r I v UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE DRAIN COCK WRENCH Edward J. Brouhard, Des Moines, Iowa Application November 3, 1936, Serial No. 108,960 1 Claim. (01. 81-'-121) An object of iny invention is to provide a drain side and the end of the wrench A. The end of cock wrench of simple, durable and inexpensive the body portion l6 opposite the head formed by construction. the flanges 26 and the portion it of the wrench A further object is to provide a wrench which is provided with a perforation 26.

is particularly adapted for operating drain valves The handle member ii] is provided adjacent 5 which are diflicult of access, such as those located the lower end thereof with a perforation 28, the on an automobile radiator. blade i l extending beyond this perforation. A

A further object is to provide a wrench which pivot means such as a rivet 30 is extended has a wrench portion and a handle portion, the through these perforations and a friction washer 10 two being pivoted together and operable by pull- 32, u s a c pp a er of spring steel or 10 ing or pushing on the handle element to rotate the like, is interposed between the elements It the wrench element and thus open or close a and I6. The washer 32 serves the purpose of' drain valve as desired. normally retaining the wrench A at any desired A further object is to provide a drain cock angle relative to the elongated handle l0.

l5 wrench which afiords ready access to drain cocks located on the bottom of an automobile radiator Practical opemtum where access thereto with a pair of pliers or the In the Operation of y device, a closed drain like is extremely difiicult of accomplishment due cock 34 of an automobile radiator 3% y be to the proximity of the engine to the radiator. Opened y adjusting the w h A to n angle With these and other objects in view, my inrelative to the handle It, as shown in the left 20 vention consists in the construction, arrangement half of gure and placing the slot 22 over and combination of the various parts of the dethe blade Of'the drain Coek- Then y lifting 0 vice, whereby the objects contemplated are atthe handle the Wrench A Will wi n the tained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointdirection of the arrow a and result in open n the 25 ed out in my claim, and illustrated in the accomdrain cock- 25 panymg drawing, in which; At the right side of Figure 2 an open drain cock Figure 1 is a perspective View of a drain cook 38 is illustrated, and by adjusting the handle as wrench embodying my invention shown, placing the wrench on the blade of the Figure 2 is a rear elevation of an automobile drain cock and then pushing downwa dly on radiator showing two of the wrenches being used the rod to, the Wrench A W111 SWmg 111 the three" 30 for manipulating drain cocks of t radiator tion of the arrow 1) which closes the drain cock.

Fi ure 3 i an enlarged t n i on t These operations can be accomplished in a line 3-3 of Figure 1 showing a friction washer minimum of time Without any difficulty w a s c n e ti ever, the elongated character of the handle i0 Figure 4 is a side elevation showing the wrench permitting ready accessibility of the Wrench P 35 adj sted t a, iti permitting operation of a tion of my device to the blade of the drain cock. slott d type of d i k; and In Figure 4 a radiator 36' is illustrated having Figure 5 is a, imilar iew howing the rench a drain 000k 34' Of the kind provided With a slot dj t for pening an ordinary pet, cock type of 49 for coaction with a tool therewith for opening drain co k, the drain cock. With my tool, the wrench A 40 Oh the accompanying drawing I have used the can be swung up to en y p s o reference numeral it to indicate an elongated as illustrated, and the blade 14 used in the slot handle member and A a wrench member. The 49 Opening the Valve. handle member H! is preferably provided with a W the Ordinary yp of p 000k Valve 34" 5 loop l2 at one end thereof and with a flattened as shown in Figure 5, the wrench A may be adblade portion H! at the other end thereof similar justed to an opposite position and the jaws 24 to a screw driver blade. associated with the blade of the drain cock for The wrench A comprises a body portion l6 p at ng it. The jaws 24,11 W be noted, are formed of strap iron or the like having a portion slig t y bowed outwardly at he centers to ac- 50 I8 extending at right angles to the portion I6. COmmOdate this ype of drain 006 50 The portions l6 and i8 are L-shape, with relation Some changes y b e in he Con truction to each other. and arrangement of the parts of my device with- Flanges 20 extend from the side edges of the out departing from the real spirit and purpose portion l8 and these provide slots or jaws inof my invention, and it is my intention to cover 65 dicated at 22 and 24 respectively, arranged at one by my claim, any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim as my invention:

In a drain cock wrench, a wrench member of relatively thick sheet metal and a separate elongated handle member, said wrench member comprising a shank having one end snugly fastened to one end of said handle member by a transverse pivotal connection permitting frictional rotation of said shank thereabout in a plane extending in the same-direction, as, said handle member, and

having an integral wrench head at its other end comprising an arm extending substantially at right angles to said shank and a pair of spaced parallel flanges of substantially the same size and shape extending at right angles from opposite side edges of said arm in substantially the same direction as said shank but out of alignment therewith, said pivotal connection being sufficiently tight to prohibit free rotation of said shank ,thereabout.

' EDWARD 'J. l:BROUHARD. 

